Movies: History

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Over three nights in April 1922, 13 men were murdered in west Cork, because, according the late Canadian historian Peter Hart, they were Protestants. This documentary goes to the root of the bitter dispute his controversial views have created....

Freedom fighter and politician Mohammed Abdul Rahiman leads the revolution in Kerala....

Familiar Phantoms is an experimental documentary short film about memory, history and trauma....

At once a vast expanse of mesmerizing desolation and the crucible of human history, the Sahara Desert has been both the battlefield of empires and the haunted wilderness at the margins of the known world for thousands of years. Shot on location, thi...

Filmmaker Mary Galloway's feature documentary looks at the origins and continued impact of the famed Cowichan sweater....

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Follow from the amazing restoration process of one of the most cherished and mysterious pieces of History: an Egyptian sarcophagus covered with hieroglyphics (painted wood). With exclusive interviews of experts, art curators and restorators, discover...

What We Never Forget For Peace Here Now is a personal peace memorial produced in the United States, a country that does not have war memorials dedicated to peace. This video explores how we forget and how we remember memories of war. I think about w...

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A man is hired to compile the definitive history of human existence before the planet is blown up by aliens....

Questions about celebrating 200 years of independence from Brazil with 300 years of slavery....

Two well-known Quebec artists (filmmaker Jacques Godbout and playwright René-Daniel Dubois) look at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham. Whose version of this historic event should prevail? Is history best served by documentary or fiction? We also me...

Through exclusive testimonies and clandestine videos, this documentary gives voice to courageous women in Iran who risked their lives to share their stories and to prominent women in culture, art and academia who were forced to leave their beloved c...

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Explore the lost biography of Jesus Christ in this doc, chronicling an untold version of Christ's life story that would have been told by those who knew him better than anyone else - his closest followers and his family....

At the beginning of the 20th century, a new direction in music appeared in America. Although the word "jazz" came into use only in 1913, this music, distinguished by its loudness, audacity, and riot, was heard on the streets of New Orleans at least t...

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For nine months in 1930, seven Bretons, lobster fishermen, were "forgotten" on a volcanic island by their employers, Normans from Le Havre, heirs of the last French whalers. Four employees would die on the spot. Their descendants today revive the mem...

This documentary uncovers the facts behind the tragedy of the RMS Titanic, a British passenger liner that sank on April 15th, 1912. Directed by: Top5sMedia...